Category : Westerns

Ain’t No Law in California – A Dan Bardwell Western is a Dystopian Science Fiction Western by Christopher Davis.

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Ain’t No Law in California is a hard hitting post-apocalyptic western, where the bad guys are quick on the draw and the lawmen are even quicker.

Dan Bardwell and his young partner Franklin Curtis allow us to ride along as they traipse across the badlands of the great state of Sacramento in what was once known as California. Decades after a global nuclear war nearly destroys mankind, the two tin star lawmen are tasked with keeping law and order and will chase outlaws through both Hell and high water to get them. Often times they’ll operate in a gray area of the law just to get their man.

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Ain’t No Law in California, originally started along the line of a traditional western. The story took place soon after the civil war in the fictional Hard Times Virginia. During three complete rewrites of the story, elements of science fiction crept in. Three of the original characters were scrapped and replaced by the five-pointed Sacramento lawman, Dan Bardwell who had been in nearly every one of my western short stories that had been published. Bardwell, coupled with the jive talking Franklin Curtis was a perfect match for the story that came about.

Taking place a hundred years after mankind was set back by a nuclear war; Ain’t No Law in California incorporates elements of post-apocalyptic, science fiction with steampunk. Ride along with the tin-star Sacramento lawmen Dan Bardwell and Franklin Curtis as they track down one outlaw after another.

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Bridget, A Father’s Daughter is the first book of The Blood Sisters historical romance series by Diana Nicholas.

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Five sisters, a single tragic act and a secret baby.

Three years ago, the worst happened and a baby was sired, destroying the future of five sisters. The blood sisters made a vow to keep the maternity of baby Sophie a secret. The repercussions of that vow would haunt them forever.

With their father dead, they must plan their future and the only option is to become mail order brides. They cast lots to decide on who will go first.

Bridget picks the determining card and she is set off to leave for Butte Montana. She dreams of a world where she can ride horses to her heart’s content and there are plenty of horses in Montana. The only person who comes between her and her dreams of a peaceful life is Charlotte Turner. Who is the pretty blond with a knowing grin and what hold does she have on Bridget’s intended?

Alexander Baron’s only interest in taking a mail order bride is to appease his controlling but loving mother. He’s a workaholic completely dedicated to continuing with his father’s legacy of making Windy Willows the largest ranch in Montana.

Still, his new bride intrigues him. Beautiful, with mysterious, green almond shaped eyes that hide deep secrets, Alexander is determined to find out what demons ail his beautiful wife. Can he convince her that what matters is their future and not her past?

Can Bridget keep the secret of Sophie’s mother from her determined husband? Will the mysterious Charlotte Turner give her and Alexander the space they need to become a proper husband and wife?

This is the first book in the Blood sisters’ series. If you like clean, historical fiction about women with a past who risk everything to find love on the Western frontier, you will love Bridget, a Father’s Daughter.

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Bridget is the first of the five sisters to head west as a mail order bride. She leaves behind a secret child and a painful past which she hopes distance and a new beginning will erase. Will Montana be the open beautiful land she envisioned and will it be enough to erase her painful past?

Alexander Baron needs a wife to help him achieve his dream of a family. Except, his new bride is more than he bargained. Beautiful with dark shadows that haunt her, can they move past her demons to a happy life together?
(Diana Nicholas, February 2017)

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The Army had been Gus O’Grady’s home for thirteen years. Fighting and killing, it was all that he’d ever known as an adult. Day after day, living – if you could call it that, with the threat of kill or be killed. Long hours for little pay under the arbitrary rule of often uncaring officers had come to be the norm. Whiskey had become a way of coping but now it had betrayed him. His once good name and sergeant’s stripes were gone. There wasn’t much reason to stay but, deserting? Others had done it. Still, would it be any better in the civilian world? Gus was about to find out.

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I have, since I was a little kid, had a strong interest in the history of the West, particularly the Army. Life for an enlisted man during the nineteenth century was often harsh. Poor food, low pay, loneliness, danger, and strict rule were about all that he had to look forward to. The disparity in living conditions between officers and enlisted men was dramatic. Compared to the Spartan accommodations for enlisted men, officers lived a life of luxury on post. As a consequence, desertion was common and rates as high as twenty to thirty percent were reported. It was from these ranks of deserters that I chose to create my main protagonist in CHASING DEMONS, Gus O’Grady. The accounts of how hard some of these men were pushed, especially by officers like George Custer, compelled me to believe that Gus O’Grady could be a character that the reader would empathize with. In turn, my objective in writing has always been to make my characters believable, with real problems and plausible solutions. I want my reader to say: “Heck, a hundred and forty years ago that could’ve been me.” I believe it makes the events in CHASING DEMONS come to life for the reader if he can visualize himself as Gus. So, I’m hoping the reader of, CHASING DEMONS, will find a quiet place and let his mind go to the mountains along the Arizona-New Mexico border. I think you’ll like it there.

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